Duke Mwedzi, ABD · Strata Research & Advisory

Overview

Duke Mwedzi is a demographer and data scientist specializing in population dynamics, socioeconomic inequality, and development policy in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Global Development at Cornell University. His research uses fertility and mortality modeling, multivariate regression, statistical modeling, and computational methods to examine how demographic change affects inequality and public policy. His comparative work spans Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Rwanda. Duke also holds a B.A. (Honors) in Sociology from Rhodes University and an M.S. in Development Studies from Cornell.

Research focus

Demographic security and population trends
Socioeconomic inequality
Development policy

Methods

Demographic and statistical modeling
Multivariate regression
Survey and census data analysis
Comparative analysis
Machine learning
Computational methods
Causal inference

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa

Languages

Shona

How this supports clients

Use for demographic risk, population forecasting, social-policy planning, development strategy, and Sub-Saharan Africa.